*opens my photo app to look at pictures of my cat at work like a ww1 soldier flipping open his locket to look at a picture of his sweetheart back home*
okay but “the symbolism is Real and Trying to Kill You” is my favorite kind of symbolism
like yeah the monster is a representation of your unresolved trauma and guilt and a manifestation of the sins of your past but it’s also a real creature and it’s going to fucking Get you
whenever i find a good world heritage post i do my best to carefully remove unnecessary “why is this so funny!!” or “i cant believe i found the original” reblog comments. sometimes it takes a bit of work digging back through the reblog graph to accomplish this but fine art restoration is tedious but important work
slur reclamation is all about personal choice and comfort. if you’re using a “reclaimed” slur on someone against their expressed wishes, that’s not reclamation, you’re just calling them a slur. so, good job, i guess
